Final weight and Cycle 2 Notes

The 17 Day Diet does not mean you can lose all the weight you want to lose in 17 days!  (Don’t I wish!) The reason it’s called the 17 Day Diet is it was initially created to help keep people from gaining weight through the holidays.  It was later developed into four, 17 day Cycles, structured to cause “metabolic confusion” by adjusting food intake and habits at regular intervals.  The idea is that the body will burn more abdominal fat by varying calories consumed.

See Also:

• 17 Day Diet
• 17 Day Diet Forum
• Previous Entry: Day 16 blog post
• Personal Weight Loss Journey Index

Four cycles of the 17 day diet

• Accelerate: This promotes fast weight loss by eating low carbohydrates and “cleansing” the body
• Activate: This is a metabolism boosting cycle where the metabolism is “re-set”
• Achieve: “Good” carbohydrates are introduced into the body
• Arrive: A lifestyle maintenance eating plan that combines the first 3 Cycles and offers a lifetime eating style

I’ve provided an overview of the diet over my previous 16 posts and many have said “Well, now I won’t need the book!” WRONG.  You will definitely need the book.  There is a lot of information in there that’s imperative to have.  Little tips and lots of information you need.  Please don’t try to do this diet without the book.  Chances are you won’t be successful – Don’t try to skip steps.  You want to do this right and you want to take the weight off for good, right?  SO, ORDER THE BOOK.  While you’re waiting for book you can educate yourself and maybe get started but this journal and the blog is meant to be a tool in support of the book, not in replacement of it.  I haven’t talked to one person out of thousands who has regretted buying the book.  The DVD, well, as I’ve said before, that I’d pass on.  I personally feel there are better things out there.  But the book is definitely worth the price.

On the First Cycle Overview

• You can eat all you want of certain lean proteins, they’re referred to as “freebies”
• 2 servings a day of a probiotic choice
• No other dairy except fat free cheese, fat free sour cream as condiments and in moderation.
• Vegetables are limited to certain “Cleansing Vegetables” but are also “freebies”

On Cycle 2 you can add

• Additional Proteins – Including Shellfish and Lean Cuts of Meat
• Natural Starches (1 serving = 1/2 cup) - Brown Rice, Bulgur, Barley, Couscous, Cream of Wheat, Grits, Basmati Rice, Oatmeal, etc... 
• Legumes (1 serving = 1/2 cup) – Black Beans, Butter Beans, Garbanzo, Northern, Kidney, Lima, Navy, Pinto and Soy beans, Lentils, Peas, etc...
• Starchy Veggies - Breadfruit, Corn, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Winter Squashes, Yams, etc…
• Add two daily servings of natural carbohydrates and everything else stays the same.

Really, get the book.  It’s $21.00, it’s written with humor and can be read cover to cover in a day or two.  It’s really worth it and answers all your questions in addition to providing tips and support you will need.

DAY 17 FINAL WEIGHT LOSS

I’m 57 years old and lost 10 pounds in 17 days with light exercise!

If you ask me that’s not bad.  Not bad at all!

Terri Sinclair - http://tksinclair.com/

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